Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31398341-20170409101440/@comment-31398341-20170814143213

Casseroleare wrote: I think y'all might want to give good ol' Victreebel a try. It's a fantastic sweeper under the sun and it can really clean up some matches! It has a decent Sp.Atk, that being 100, meaning it can potentially be a special sweeper. Plus, it has Chlorophyll as an ability, meaning its Speed stat can become very dangerous!

The moveset I think would suit it perfectly is:

Solar Beam - Powerful STAB that tears through.

Sludge Bomb - Another strong STAB that could poison and put the opponent on a timer.

Weather Ball - Becomes an 150 base power Fire type move under Sunny Day, could throw the opponent off guard.

Growth - Is boosted under Sunny Day, giving a +2 to Atk and Sp.Atk Weather Ball under sun is 100 base power, not 150.

Venusaur is quite similar to Victreebel because it can learn all these moves except Weather Ball but instead having better bulk and speed.

Sun teams are not really viable though because competition with Rain teams. Rain teams usually fares better due to water type moves being boosted by rain, generally have better type synergy and simply better pokemon (Like Mega Swampert, Pelipper and Kabutops as opposed to Torkoal, Victreebel and Venusaur). Good teams also generally carry pokemon that can beat fire and grass types. It can be a nice surprise to some unprepared teams though. So, I will list it (and sun team pokemon) as niche pokemon.

Victreebel, Venusaur , Torkoal >>>> C-

Other changes:

Amoonguss : B >>> B+

Well, this pokemon is far better than those B ranks. It is almost as good as Tangrowth. Though not having as much offensive presence and less physical than Tangrowth, it can learn Spore and has better typing for some kind of teams.

Mega Manectric : B+ >>> A-

Extremely unprepared. Electric / Fire / Ice coverage is insanely powerful as of now. It is only walled by bulky ground types and any ground+water types, but otherwise can easily play around also due to Volt Switch. Intimidate is an asset as well.